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Valentine Craft Fun With The Chatsworth Lake Church Women's Fellowship

Welcome to the Valentine cottage! This festive planter welcomed us as we met for a night of food, fellowship, the Word, crafting, and fun.

Outside looking in to a warm and cozy home.

We gathered around this table to pray together and thank the Lord for His many blessings.

The older I get, the more I cherish these times. The Lord has put us together, each one of us being different. Through Him we have learned to love each other and to bear with each other. This is the fruit of doing things His way and it is marvelous to behold.

Delicious chicken salad and egg salad tea sandwiches on fresh, wholegrain bread.

Brushetta with LOTS of garlic!

Healthy berries and grapes...

Getting ready to surprise sweet Sylvia...

Happy Birthday!!!

After an inspiring message on LOVE from Proverbs we got into some serious crafting. SO FUN!!!

Here are a few of the creative Valentine cards that we all came up with...

Valentine spatulas!

Thank you to our lovely hostess who fed us, shared the Word with us, and donated all the crafting supplies for the event. What a blessing you are!!!

 

Come Unto Me....Pumpkin Fellowship

This month our Chatsworth Lake Christian Women's Fellowship celebrated Fall.

We met at church for a Fall themed potluck which included homemade Butternut Squash Soup, Pumpkin Pasta, Cornbread, Hot Apple Cider, and other goodies. After a time of prayer and the Word...we read from Isiah 40 by candlelight...then it was on to the pumpkins.

Here is the "before" picture of my pumpkin.

Next step: Pick your pattern.

We had some wonderful Christian themes to choose from.

Now for the messy part: scooping out the seeds. We all saved these to roast at home...Another tip: carve out the bottom instead of the top so the stem looks nice.

I chose " Come Unto Me", an advanced design...You begin by taping the pattern to the pumpkin and using a sharp roller to trace the design.

True pumpkin fellowship as our creative juices flowed.

And now for the results. Here a beautiful flower covered pumpkin created by our craft queen, M.S.

Some of our handiwork.

 

" Come unto me all you who are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest."   Matthew 11:18